The knight in the abyss

Chapter 634 The First Army

"What a pleasant surprise." The Balrog rumbled, his voice like summer thunder, "What did I tell you then? No one can escape the bloody battle, and one day it will find you. When that day really Is your blade still sharp?"

"Of course, Master Barbosh." Sonam raised his head and looked directly at the tall Balor. "Actually, they are sharper than ever before."

"We'll soon know if that's true or not." Balbosh raised his head, his burning eyes swept across the crowd behind the snake demon, "Hmph... is this your army? A group of mortal mercenaries ?”

"They're all good players."

"It can be seen..." Balrog nodded, "Talen and Tua will arrive soon, and the army will start immediately. I will give you a free favor, and your people will walk in the front. You don't need to thank me .”

"...As you order, my lord."

Sonam obeyed, though he seemed hesitant.She turned around and gave the order to go to the standard bearers who led the captains.The order quickly spread throughout the army, and Lancelot, along with others, marched westward.As he walked, he looked towards the top of the city, and the succubus lord seemed to sense Lancelow's gaze, and turned to look at him.

'Goodbye, my lady. 'At this distance, the telepathic link still works,' and I'll bring you back the victory. '

'Winning is not enough. ' ordered Tijana, 'you have to come back with me too. '

Lancelot smiled, waved his arms vigorously at his lover, and then walked away without looking back.

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Accompanied by the loud curses and threats from the captains, Lancelow's legion became the first army in the demon coalition to march towards the volcano castle.Ironically, some of the mercenaries cheered loudly, as if it was an honor worth celebrating.

"What are those people howling?" Brutal asked Lancelot a little puzzled, "Although I am not afraid of being the first to charge at the enemy, isn't this treating us as cannon fodder?"

"Did you forget? In addition to the weekly salary, every time the mercenaries kill a devil, Shuangqiao Town will pay an extra bounty." Alamer on the side replied for Lancelot, "Twenty gold coins for a little devil, Fifty beard demons and thorn demons, one hundred hedgehog demons, five hundred chain demons and bone demons, two thousand horned demons, five thousand lust demons, ten thousand ice demons, fifty thousand captive lust demons, one hundred thousand demons from the deep hell... "

"Wow, that sounds really good." Brutal's eyes lit up immediately, "Just now that Balrog said it was a favor for Sonam, did he mean to give us a chance to make money? "

"On the contrary." Lancelot said lightly, "Dead mercenaries don't get pensions, and they are here to help Sonam save money."

"Ahh." Brutal curled his lips, "Then we have to smash their wishful thinking."

Behind the crowd was the troop of the giant bull demon 'Destroyer Horn' Gool, and after that was the black-armored Balrog general Barbosh and his huge army.Before the portal was about to disappear from their field of vision, another Balrog appeared with white flames all over his body.Lancelot still remembered that Lord Wuan's chief ambassador mentioned three Balrog generals, named Barbosh the Baatezu Slayer, Tua the Pale Flame, and Taren the Burning Hammer, Presumably the latter is the one who hasn't shown up yet.

The demon army on the move is not so much an army, but more like a group of nomads driving their livestock.The beasts here are, of course, the dwarfs, considered the lowest of the tanar'ri—foolish mortal scholars may have an opinion on this, but who cares what they think?In the eyes of the inhabitants of the abyss, the original demons are just some brainless petitioners, distorted by the power of the plane itself into that ugly and contemptible form; while the cowards are at least a little intelligent, able to think, and can speak abyssal language Communicative, and good for long marches (unlike terats, whose twisted joints and limbs allow them to limp).

What's more, the coward has a relatively strong body. For most residents of the lower planes, killing a coward requires at least two swings of the arms-clearer than a guy who can be killed with only one blow. Suitable as cannon fodder.Also, if you ignore the stench that can make mortals faint, the flesh of a dread is still very good, but only when they are still alive.

Playing the role of shepherd is a special kind of demon - the Babu.This dark-skinned, barb-backed guy usually plays the role of Tanari recruiter, and in the army is responsible for managing huge numbers of cannon fodder, driving them on the march, ordering them to charge the enemy, and killing any A timid person.

The role of babub managers seems to be incompatible with the nature of demons, and the legend about their origin partly explains this phenomenon: it is said that the daughter of Asmodeus, the Grand Duchess of Malborji, the sixth floor of Baator Hell , 'Queen of Desires' Gracia once fought a duel with 'Master of Darkness' Grazte.During the battle, the daughter of the Lord of the Nine Hells stabbed Graz'zt with a magic sword, and the blood from the Abyss Lord's wound dripped on the floor of the Abyss, and the first Babu in the multiverse was born. .

Due to the power of order contained in Gracia's magic sword, Babu demons naturally understand the value of order. They are very good at using their master's prestige to satisfy their perverted desire for power, and at the same time prevent those high-level demons from being killed one by one. To fulfill the threat he made, this also gave the baboo a special status among the tanar'ri.

However, the origin story of the Babu Devil also supports another famous rumor in the Abyss: Graz'zt, the "Lord of Darkness", used to be a devil prince who came to the abyss because he was dissatisfied with the power mechanism of hell.After all, it is clearly Graz'zt's own blood, so the power of order in the magic sword is too far-fetched.

But in Twinbridge, baboos were rare, and Lancelot had never seen them do what they were supposed to do: catch idle demons into bloody battles.At the same time, there are almost no cowards in Shuangqiao Town. It seems that there is no cannon fodder in Tijana's army.

Under normal circumstances, the ratio of cannon fodder to mid-level demons in the demon army will not be less than five to one, but the defenders of Shuangqiao Town can be described as a completely elite army, composed of Berserker Demon, Brezu Demon, Arrow Demon Composed of middle-level demons.Lancelow had never thought about the reason for this before, but he had a strange impression today: it seems that the Tanari residents in neutral towns such as Twinbridge Town and Moglondal are relatively mild-tempered, not as good as ordinary demons Aggressive and easily irritated, they seem to have some kind of special past that makes them see the world and themselves differently from the demons in mortal impressions.

But one thing is certain, the strength of Shuangqiao Town is far stronger than it looks. The reason may be that Tijana wants to keep a low profile, or it may be that it is not economical to maintain a huge cannon fodder army, or it may be that Tijana wants to keep a low profile. There was no general to trust, and Lancelot himself preferred the last guess.

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